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Occurrence record: Reptile:R13314

Preserved specimen of Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) | Hawksbill Turtle recorded on 1986-02-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Reptile Collection
Supplied collection code "Reptile"
Catalog number R13314
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Reptile:R13314
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations whole animal (ETOH)
Identified by M.E. King  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 1986

Event

Occurrence date 1986-02-07
Supplied as year:1986  month:2  day:7 
End day of year 38
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 38

Taxonomy

Scientific name Eretmochelys imbricata
Identified to rank species
Common name Hawksbill Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Eretmochelys
Species Eretmochelys imbricata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1766)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "NT"
Locality Near Wessel Islands, Arafura Sea
Latitude -10.833
Supplied as: "-10.833"
Longitude 136.983
Supplied as: "136.983"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arnhem Land
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Arafura
    Marine
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1.0 frequency